Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
copper (w. dolomite)
Associated Minerals
dolomite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 80mm
Location in the Mine
First oxidation zone
Provenance
Von Karabacek, H.
Collection
MGMH; 93044
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB611
Description
An arborescent spray of bright native copper crystals associated with sugary white dolomite on a shard of intensely oxidised copper sulphide ore.
This specimen was formerly number 4005 in the collection of Austrian industrialist Hans von Karabacek, much of which was acquired for Harvard University by Charles Palache in 1935. The location in the mine is not recorded, but the vintage of the specimen dates it unequivocally to the first oxidation zone.
